DataInputStream.readUntil

Reads a string from the data input stream, up to the first occurrence of any of the stop characters.

Note that, in contrast to gio.data_input_stream.DataInputStream.readUntilAsync, this function consumes the stop character that it finds.

Don't use this function in new code. Its functionality is inconsistent with gio.data_input_stream.DataInputStream.readUntilAsync. Both functions will be marked as deprecated in a future release. Use gio.data_input_stream.DataInputStream.readUpto instead, but note that that function does not consume the stop character.

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class DataInputStream
string
readUntil

Parameters

stopChars string

characters to terminate the read.

length size_t

a #gsize to get the length of the data read in.

cancellable gio.cancellable.Cancellable

optional #GCancellable object, null to ignore.

Return Value

Type: string

a string with the data that was read before encountering any of the stop characters. Set length to a #gsize to get the length of the string. This function will return null on an error.

Detailed Description

Deprecated: Use gio.data_input_stream.DataInputStream.readUpto instead, which has more consistent behaviour regarding the stop character.